The Final Countdown

Not too long ago, I announced my plans to listen to every song in my iTunes library at least once, and I detailed some of the problems associated with that when one keeps constantly buying and downloading music (through all the proper legal channels).

Well, I began the listening spree a few months before I even talked about it on here, so now it's coming up on a year or so since I started - and I'm down to 511 songs. 1.4 days' worth. 2.83 GB, boy-o. Out of about 3800 total songs, a number that keeps climbing up as my new music addiction continues. You might be saying, "hey, just turn the speakers down and hit play on whatever's left, Bret, it'll be done in a day and a half," but I am honor-bound not to do that. Whose honor, you ask? Take your pick. The rules are that I must actually be present and listening to each and every song, and that they must proceed in random order, so not even I will know what the very last song will be.

When and if I ever reach that point, I'll let you know. We'll have some kind of party. So begins...

... the final countdown.

Okay, I'm going back to watch Garth Brooks come out of retirement for a song on the CMAs. Here's how out-of-touch I've been with my country roots lately: I hadn't even realized Chris LeDoux had passed away, let alone that Garth had written a tribute song to him. Good ride, cowboy, good ride.

... In VT news, the Smart Road has been featured on the Discovery Channel's Daily Planet show. Cool! Here's a video link.